Exploration Six

i think this story affected me in the reading."But it's not a game. its a from. right here now. as i invent myself , i'm thinking of all i want to tell you about why this book is written as it is. for instance, i want to tell you this : twenty years ago i watched a man die on a trail near the village of my Khe. i did not kill him. but i was present, you see,and my presence was guilt enough. i remember his face, which was not a pretty face, because his jaw was in his throat, and remember feeling the burden of responsibility and grief. i blamed myself.and rightly so,because i was present". O'Brien was telling about how he didnt kill the men and how he made up the story.